In Re Sumey

621 P.2d 108 (1980)

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Nature of the Case

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Facts

Sheila is the daughter of Rolin and Laura. Sheila was 15 and had problems in obeying her parents and had run away from home. Problems developed again, and Laura suspected that Sheila was going to take off again and had Sheila placed in a receiving home. DSHS provided crisis intervention and Laura signed a consent form stating that Sheila should be in receiving care. The crisis was not resolved, and DSHS decided that Sheila could not be returned home. Sheila then filed a petition to alternative residential placement. The court approved that petition because the family was in crisis. Rolin and Laura appealed that decision on the grounds that the statute that authorizes residential placement of a child outside the parental home does so without a finding that the parents are unfit.